Car-truck.



E. G. CHAIIDLERB CAR TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED AUGIZI I915.

Patented Apr. I?, 1917.

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ELBERT G. CHANDLER, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

CAR-TRUCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr.. it?, 119317.,

Application led August 12, 1915. Serial No. 45,085.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ELBERT Gr. CHANDLER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city .of Portland, county of Multnomah, and State ofOregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car Trucks,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to car trucks, and more particularly to certainimprovements therein intended to cheapen and at the same time improveand strengthen the construction thereof, and to make possible the use ofcertain cast steel parts in connection with fiat steel, instead of allfiat steel, as now used.

In order that others may understand my improvement, l have shown itspractical embodiment in a car truck, which I will now describe indetail.

Figure l is a side elevation of a car truck embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the portion of the truckembodying my invention- Fig. 3 is a top plan View thereof;

Fig. 4L is a side elevation of a modification of the invention; and

Fig. 5 is a top plan view thereof.

Referring now more in detail to the drawings, the invention consists inproviding a combination heel-brace and journal-box column. Mycombination device in the drawings is designated as a whole, 6, andcomprises the guide portion, or journal-box column, 6a, the top portion6b, the brace portion 6C, with the strengthening web 6d, all cast in onepiece, as clearly indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. The journal-box column 6,is provided with a bolt hole 6e extending longitudinally therethrough,and is adapted to receive a'bolt 7, for clamping the top plate, or bar,8, upon said'heel-brace 6, and also the lower plate, or tie-bar, 9, asclearly indicated in Fig. l. It is frequently the case that where thelower strip, or tie-bar, 9, for example, is continued upwardly to thestrip, or bar, 8, in the position occupied by the brace-portion 6, of mycombination device, and bolted at its upper end to the outer end of theupper bar 8, that said bars are bent downwardly at their outer endsunder unusual loa-d, or by some unusual blow, so that the top of thetruck is no longer straight but the outer ends are turned downwardly andcan not be straightened without `ed together in a way to the necessityof removing them which requires a great deal of work. By providing a onepiece cast combination heelebrace and guide, the supporting strength orthe outer ends ofthe top bar 8, is materially increased, and theconstruction is simplified and cheap ened by casting the guide part andthe brace as one piece.

In Figs. l and 5, have shown a similar construction in which l havecarried the idea a little further, and have included both journal-boxcolumns, with a connecting portion, designated 10, forming a seat forthe upper end of the spring l1. ln this construction, as shown in Figs.4: and 5, the guide columns, designated (itL and 12, are both providedwith bolt holes 13-13, extending lengthwise thereof by means of whichthe top bar 8, and the bottom bar 9, and also the ends of a truss barlll, are firmly and effectively bolted together with the journal-box,yieldingly seated between the journal-box columns 6a and l2. rlhus haveprovided a very simple and very prac tical construction in which a castor one piece-heel-brace can be combined with the usual flat, or arch,bars, the same being boltgive a very simple, practical and economicalstructure possessing great strength, and also a structure in which anyof the parts can be quickly and readily removed and replaced by similarnew parts.

I do not limit the invention to the specific form here shown, except asI may be limited by the hereto appended claims forming a part hereof.

I claim:

l. A combination integral heel-brace and journal-box column for cartrucks, comprisino a journal-box column with a bolt hole extendinglongitudinally therethrough, a horizontal top portion, a brace portioncon necting the outer end of said top portion with the lower end of saidjournal box column, all cast in one piece, said combination heelbraceand journal-box being adapted to be secured in place in said car truckby means of a bolt extended longitudinally through said bolt hole in thejournal-box column, substantially as described.

2. ln combination with the top and lower bars and journal-box of a cartruck, a combination integral heel-brace and journalbox column, cast inone piece, and comprising a journal-box column portion having a bolthole formed therein longitudinally thereof, and a triangular frame-likeportion formed at one side thereof, said combination heelbrace andjournal-box column being secured between said top and lower bars bymeans of a bolt extended through said top bar, said journal-box coluinnand said lower bar, sub stantially as shown and described.

3. A combination heel-brace and journalboX columns east in one piece andcomprising journal-box column portions having bolt holes formed thereinlongitudinally thereof,

Copies of this patent may be obtained 'for a connecting portion betweenthe upper ends thereof forming a seat and a bracket-lilre portion, allsubstantially as shown and del5 scribed.

In Witness whereof l have hereunto set my hand at Portland, Multnomahcounty, Oregon, this 6th day of August, 1915.

ELBERT G. CHANDLER.

Titnesses I. M. GRIFFIN, WILLIAM E. WORTH.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

